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AN OBJECT LESSON 

Produced at the Haymarket Theatre, London, in 
front of " Bunty Pulls the String," on March 19, 1912, 
with the following cast : — 

Mark Graffham (a rising 

Barrister) . . . Mr. Jerrold Robertshaw. 

Mary Graffham (his wife) Miss Vera Cobum. 

Noel Frobisher (their 

friend) . . . Mr. Owen Nares. 

They are all in evening dress. 

Scene. — Drawing-room in Mr. and Mrs. Graffham's 
House in St. John's Wood. 



AN OBJECT LESSON 

Scene. — Drawing-room in Mr. and Mrs. Graffham's 
house in St. John's Wood. It adjoins the dining- 
room, has a door r. and a curtained entrance c. Also 
there is a window l.c. The room is furnished in 
more or less the usual manner, but no special furniture 
is essential. It is just a pretty dainty drawing-room. 

Time. — Evening, just after dinner. 

The Curtain rises on an empty stage. Voices are 
heard off l. 

(Mary Graffham enters l.c. Moves over to R.C., 
followed by Frobisher.) 

Mary. How hot the dining-room was ; I felt 
stifled. 

Graffham (off stage). I'll be with you and Mary 
directly, Frobisher. I want to glance over a few 
notes for to-morrow. 

Frobisher (opening door up l.c. and entering with 
Mary). Right' o ! 

Graffham (off). Confound the servants ! Why 
can't they leave things alone? Where are those 
papers ? 

Mary (petulantly). Oh, bother the papers. 

(Frobisher closes door.) 

Can't he forget the case for half an hour ? 

Frobisher. I thought dinner would never end. 
He may be here in a minute, and I have so much to 
say ! 



8 AN OBJECT LESSON. 

Mary. Secrets ? 

Frobisher (coming over to her). Yes, secrets I can 
keep no longer. Mary 

Mary. No, don't be foolish, please. (Comes down 
to below settee.) 

Frobisher (bitterly, coming down). How you can 
let me suffer so ? You draw me to you with every 
fibre of your being, and yet, always — always you 
drive me back. 

Mary. It is the only possible thing for me to do. 

Frobisher. It is cruel. It is wicked of you. We 
were meant for each other. 

Mary. Please stop this love-making, Noel. . (Mov- 
ing down.) Do you realize that my husband is in 
that room ? (Points to door l.c.) 

Frobisher. Ah, you are afraid ? (Steps to her.) 

Mary. Yes, of course I am. When you are in 
this mood I am very much afraid. 

Frobisher. You love me, and you are afraid. 

Mary. You take a good deal for granted. 

Frobisher (steps to her). You do love me, Mary. 

Mary. Noel, if any one but you were to speak to 
me like this I should be very angry. As it is I ought 
to be angry. I am angry. 

Frobisher. Anything is better than indifference. 

Mary. But I am not indifferent. I like you ever 
so much. You are our best friend — Mark's and mine. 

Frobisher. There can be no question of friend- 
ship now. (Takes her hand.) I love you, love you, 
love you. 

Mary (stopping her ears). I won't listen. (Crosses 

to L.C.) 

Frobisher. But you shall listen (following her). 
Don't you see that the friendship which was so sweet 
has grown unbearable. I suffer torture when I 
think that another man has the right to your lips and 
not I. Your friendship is my curse, Mary. 

Mary. Oh, stop, Noel. (Moves up to between 
chair and fire.) I am sorry 



AN OBJECT LESSON. 9 

Frobisher. Sorry ! (Steps to her.) I want your 
love. 

Mary. Do you want to ruin my life ? 

Frobisher. No, no. But Mark is dead to every- 
thing but his ambition. You and I (Moves 

over to her.) 

Mary. I will not listen to this. (Moves tip to 
above table.) If you can't remember that you are 
my husband's friend you hsd better go away. 

Frobisher (pause). Do you mean that ? 

Mary. Yes, I do. (Petulantly moves over to L. end 
of settee.) 

Frobisher. I'll take you at your word : after to- 
night I shall never see you again. 

Mary (startled). Noel ! 

Frobisher. I have been offered a post abroad — 
in Brazil. I shall take it. 

(Pause.) 

Mary (passionately). No, no, you must not go. 

Frobisher (moving up a). You confess then that 
you love me ? 

Mary. No, I don't. I don't know. I may not — 
but — but Brazil is so far away. (Moves down R.) 

Frobisher (moves down to her). Then give me 
something more than this barren friendship. Make 
my life bearable. (Takes her hand.) Give me some 
inducement 

(Mary hears Mark Graffham approaching.) 

Mary. Sh — sh, for God's sake stop. 
(Frobisher moves down l. Mary moves to r.c.) 

(Enter Mark Graffham r. He is a big, middle- 
aged man of interesting appearance, though not hand- 
some. Pleasant and brusque in manner.) 

Graffham (cheerfully). Well, I found them. 



10 AN OBJECT LESSON. 

Frobisher. Good. (Crosses to l.c.) 

Graffham. But I say, Mary. I do wish you 
wouldn't let anybody touch my papers. (Takes her 
arm and moves over to l. with her.) This incessant 
tidying makes any method impossible. 

Mary. I'm sorry, Mark. 

Graffham (advancing with box of cigars). Have 
a cigar, Frobisher ? 

Frobisher. Thanks. (Takes i cigar, etc.) 

Graffham. Cigarette, Mary ? 

Mary. No, I won't smoke, Mark. (She sits on 

StOOl L.) 

Graffham (lighting pipe). It's a good world, 
Frobisher, isn't it, and I'm feeling very happy to- 
night. And so I ought to be. (Puffs his pipe. Sit- 
ting.) I'm a luck}/ man, Frobisher ; lucky to have 
such a wife and such a friend. Yes. We're such good 
pals, the three of us. (He stretches out a hand to 
Mary.) But I owe you two an apology. I've just 
realized that during the whole of dinner I talked 
nothing but cases — cases, cases all the time. A bar- 
rister who is coming on is apt to be a bit of a bore. 
But I know you'll forgive me, both of you. Besides, 
there is some excuse for me. I haven't told you my 
best bit of news. 

Mary. What is it, Mark ? 

Frobisher. Fire away, old fellow. 

Graffham. Well, 3/ou know I'm Junior Counsel 
for the prosecution in this bag Divorce Case to- 
morrow. Well, my leader, Sir James Martell, was 
a bit seedy to-day, and there's a chance — just a 
chance, mind you — that I may be called in to take 
his place ; what do you think of that ? 

Frobisher. Ripping — fine. 

Mary. Oh, Mark dear, I shall be so glad for your 
sake. 

Graffham. For my sake ? For both our sakes, 
my dear. They'll ring me up to-night if I'm wanted. 
By Jove, 1'nyoa tenterhooks. 



AN OBJECT LESSON. 11 

Frobisher. I have something to tell you, Graff- 
ham. 

Graffham (laughs). Well, it certainly is your 
turn, my boy. 

Frobisher. It is, that perhaps I shall never see 
you again. 

Graffham (pause). What's that ? 

Frobisher. A good post has been offered me in 
Brazil. I haven't yet quite decided. (He looks across 
at Mary.) But I rather think I shall take it. 

Graffham (whistles). You don't mean it ? 

Frobisher. I do. 

Graffham. I say that's bad news, Mary. (Puts 
pipe in pocket.) What do you say to that ? Brazil i 

Mary. I am sorry. 

Graffham. Sorry, why the word expresses no- 
thing. It will mean the breaking up of everything. 
(Rises and goes over to c.) 

Frobisher. Just that. 

Graffham. Good heavens, man, we can't let 
you go. Mary, we must persuade him not to go. 

Mary (faintly). Yes, of course. 

Frobisher (looking at her). I'm afraid I must. 

Graffham. Nonsense, we can't spare you. To 
think that our pleasant little evenings must come to 
an end. Preposterous. Come, Mary, you must use 
that persuasive tongue of your's. 

Mary. I'm afraid it would not be of any use. 

Graffham. My dear, you don't know your own 
powers. 

Frobisher (recklessly). The fact is I have no con- 
trol over the circumstances that are driving me away. 

Graffham. Have you been getting into a scrape. 

Frobisher. No, but in going away I shall avoid 
a scrape. 

Graffham. Oho, Oho ! So that's the way the 
wind blows. Cherchez. 

Mary (rises). Mark ! 

Graffham. It's all right, Mary. (Moves over to 



12 AN OBJECT LESSON. 

FrobiSher). Frobisher and I quite understand each 
other. (Aside to Frobisher.) A woman ? 

Frobisher. Yes. 

Graffham. Some impediment ? 

Frobisher. Married. 

Graffham. Married ! That's the very devil ! 
(Nodding towards Mary, who is standing apart.) Does 
Mary know ? 

Frobisher. Yes, I told her. 

.Graffham (slowly) . It is — the — very — devil ! 
But, of course, that alters everything. You're doing 
the right thing, Frobisher, the plucky thing. You'll 
have to go. 

Frobisher. You think so ? 

Graffham. We shall be sorry to lose you, by Gad, 
but if you stayed it would be the devil's own business, 
not a doubt. Yes, yes, you must go to Brazil, my 
boy, and good luck go with you. It won't be for 
ever, though. In six months you will have forgotten 
all about it, and then you can come home. Mary ! 
(Moves over to c. below table.) 

Mary. Yes ? 

Graffham. We shall have to let him go. He has 
been telling me the circumstances. It's the only 
thing for him to do — to go away. 

Mary. Why ? 

Graffham. Eh ? 

Mary. I think it weak to run away from a woman 
— weak and cruel. (Moves down l.) 

Graffham (moves down to her). My dear, you're 
a child. (Puts his arm round her.) You don't under- 
stand these things as well as I do. Whichever way 
you look at it these illicit love affairs always end in 
disaster. The only thing to do is to cut them right 
out at the beginning. If you don't your position 
becomes so complicated that whatever you decide 
to do later is sure to be wrong. Look at this very 
case I have on hand now. My God, Frobisher, you'd 
be sorry one day if you didn't go. (Moves to c.) 



AN OBJECT LESSON. 13 

Frobisher. I suppose I should — one day. 

Graffham. Then, there's always the other man 
to consider, you know — the man in possession, I mean. 

Why I can imagine if (Pause, he looks at Mary. 

Sits in arm-chair l.c.) Suppose now, Frobisher, sup- 
pose if, instead of being our very good friend, you 
were in love with my wife — with Mary. 

(All laugh.) 

Mary. Please, Mark, spare me. 

(Frobisher laughs.) 

Graffham. Let us just imagine it for a moment. 
Suppose now that Mary were the lady who is making 
it necessary for you to go to Brazil. You'd have me 
to reckon with, you know. 

Frobisher {jocularly). I suppose I should. 

(Be ready for teleplione bell.) 

Graffham (meditatively). I wonder what I'd do, 
if I found it out. 

Frobisher. Well, what would you do ? (Sits 
settee r.c, facing Graffham.) 

Mary (turning to Graffham). W T hat a ridiculous, 
disagreeable subject. 

Graffham. But it interests me, my dear Mary, 
professionally. Besides, it's an object lesson for Fro- 
bisher. It'll help him to come to a decision. (Rises, 
moves to above table.) Let us construct the situation. 

(The telephone bell rings.) 

Hello, there they are. (Drinks whisky and soda.) 
I'm as nervous as a cat. I wonder if the chance of 
my life has come at last. I won't be five minutes, 
Frobisher. (Jovially, at door.) I'll tell you what I'd 
do when I come back. 

(Exit L.c.) 



14 AN OBJECT LESSON. 

(Frobisher rises, moves up to door l.c. 
Mary. Do you think he has any idea- 



Frobisher. Good heavens, no. He's quite blind. 

Mary. Don't go to Brazil, Noel, don't go. 

Frobisher (moves over to her). You have only to 
say the word — and I won't. But I can't keep up this 
pitiful pretence. It drives me mad. And now that 
I know you love me 

Mary. Oh, for God's sake, don't say that. (Drops 
into arm-chair.) I cannot listen. 

Frobisher. You shall listen. (Bends over her, 
takes her hand.) I love you, I have always loved you. 

Mary. I thought you were my friend. 

Frobisher. That's not true. You knew I loved 
you. You wanted me to love you (moves round to L. 
of her), but you didn't want to give me anything more 
than friendship. You were lonely, neglected, you 
wanted a friend, and I filled the gap. Well, that sort 
of thing doesn't work. Some one has got to pay. 
I'm paying now. But I refuse to go on paying any 
longer, and so I'm going, away. 

Mary. I cannot bear it. 

Frobisher. You're paying too, because you've 
found that friendship isn't enough. Because you 
love me, Mary, just as I love you. (She sobs.) Oh, 
my darling, let us be happy together. Give yourself 
to me ? Mark need never know — a little care, a little 
discretion. 

(Mary rises, moves away to r.c.) 

Mary. Oh, my God, why did you say that ? You 
have degraded me. 

Frobisher (follows her over). I love you so. 

Mary. You don't understand-/ You would never 
have said such a thing if you had understood. Don't 
you realize that I care for my husband ? 

Frobisher. I know that you have affection. 

Mary. More than that— I love Mark. 1 would 



AN OBJECT LESSON. 15 

not hurt him for the world. But you brought some- 
thing into my life that wasn't there. I have been 
lonely, I confess it. I was glad to have your friend- 
ship from the first. Mark is so busy, he hasn't time. 
And then, it isn't so much when you are away, but 
when you are here — when you are with me ; do you 
understand me, Noel ? It is a'rcnst hypnotic, your 
influence, I seem unable to resist. I cannot bear to 
think of your going to Brazil. (Moves over to c, 
holds out her hand.) Stay and be my friend. 

Frobisher. We can't speak of friendship now. 
It must be all or nothing. Let me teach you what 
love can be. 

Mary. Sh — Mark will be coming back. 

Frobisher. No, no. Not yet. I'm starving for 
your love. Won't you give it to me ? Mary, do 
you ask me to stay, now ? 

(They are both so absorbed that they do not hear Mark 
return. He stands a moment at door and realizes 
the situation from their facial expression. Mary, 
as though mesmerized, inclines her head.) 

Mary. Yes, Noel. 

(Frobisher leans forward and kisses her on the lips. 
Graffham controls himself and retires, quietly 
closing door.) 

Oh, Noel, what have you done ? (Moves, over to R. 
of settee and sinks on it. 

Frobisher. You are mine now, wherever you may 
go and whatever you may do, you are mine, all mine. 

(He takes her passionately in his arms, but she breaks 
away from him.) 

Mary (rising). No, no, I understand now. (Moves 

over to c.) I belong to my husband ; I have been 

Frobisher (coming towards her). Mary, darling. 
Mary. Don't touch me. (Crosses l.c.) Oh, don't 



16 AN OBJECT LESSON. 

— Oh, don't ! (Moves over to settee, sinks on it sob- 
bing.) Oh, whatever shall I do ? 

(Mark is heard outside. Mary composes herself.) 

Frobisher. Take care. (Moves over to c.) (To 
Graffham as he enters.) Well, Graff ham. What's 
the news. 

(Enter Graffham c. very jovially. He does not be- 
tray in any way that he has seen or overheard any- 
thing. Closes door, and stands there for a couple of 
seconds regarding them both.) 

Mary. Tell us, Mark, what has happened ? 

Graffham. As I was saying, Frobisher (playfully) 
{Comes down to above table. Frobisher goes to fire.) 
before I went to the telephone. Suppose that I had 
discovered that you had fallen in love with Mary 
instead of the other married woman. 

(Frobisher looks up, rather startled.) 

Frobisher. Ha, ha, rather good. 

Mary. Mark, please. 

Graffham. My dear, the subject has become 
enormously interesting to me. I want to discover 
what would be my attitude under such circumstances. 
For example, the love-making might be entirely inno- 
cent. It might be the confession of a man who is 
going away with his honour unstained. Just as 
Frobisher here proposes to rush off to Brazil. Just 
so. It might be innocent and unreciprocated. If 
I discovered that you had fallen in love with Mary, 
who naturally would be unable to return the senti- 
ment, and that you were going to Brazil in sheer 
misery of mind, you would have my deepest sympathy, 
my dear Frobisher. 

Frobisher (endeavouring to enter into the spirit of 
the game). Thank you. (Moves l.) 

(Mary is silent.) 



AN OBJECT LESSON. 17 

Graffham. But perhaps the lady could recipro- 
cate. Forgive me if I appear brutal — does the lady 
reciprocate, Frobisher ? 

Frobisher (speaking with difficulty). I think she 
doe j. 

Graffham. Well, well, there's another contin- 
gency. (Sits in arm-chair.) The passion is returned. 
It is still quite innocent, you know, but returned 
What would / do now if you and Mary loved each 
other devotedly, and I were the unfortunate bar to 
your happiness ? What should I do — blow my brains 
out ? No, I don't think so, eh ? Self-sacrifice ? No. 
You should still go to Brazil, my boy. I would trust 
to the healing hand of time. 

Frobisher (nervously). Quite so. (Moves up and 
over to c.) 

Mary (who has recovered from her first fear, cross 
to fire l). Mark, dear, isn't all this rather foolish ? 

Graffham. On the contrary, / think it quite 
instructive. (Rises.) Have a whisky and soda, 
Frobisher. 

Frobisher. No, thank you. (Goes over to r. of 
table.) 

Mary. But I want to know about Sir James 
Will he appear to-morrow ? 

Graffham. Eh ? That's all right. That can wait. 
(Drinks, puts glass down. Comes down c. reflec- 
tively.) Now we come to a more complicated view of 
the question. 

(Mary and Frobisher start.) 

I am not boring you, am I ? Supposing, Frobisher, 
that you and Mary decided to indulge your guilty 
passion. (Gets l. of table.) 

Frobisher. Steady on, Graffham. 

Mary. Mark, you are going too far. (Moves up 
to above table.) You are not in the Divorce Court 
now, vou know. 



18 AN OBJECT LESSOR. 

Graffham. Well, we never know our luck, do 
we. My dear children, for the time being you are 
only puppets on which to hang my arguments. Be- 
sides, I want to show Frobisher beyond a doubt that 
he is doing the right thing in going to Brazil. 

(Frobisher turns away). 

Graffham. Well, of course, you could take her 
with you. 

Mary and Frobisher (together). What ? 

Graffham. I say you could take her with you. 
You could both bury yourselves in Brazil for the rest 
of your lives, for you couldn't very well come back — 
unless I were to get a divorce. No, no. I shouldn't 
get a divorce, and you would get heartily sick of each 
Other. YoUr children, if you had any, would be 
illegitimate, and you would be socially ostracized- 
everywhere except in Brazil. And even in Brazil, 
if it leaked out — and I think I should take care that 
it did leak out — and then, probably, I should come to 
Brazil one day and shoot you both. 

(Mary starts.) 

But that is only a possibility. I don't know. Any- 
how, you wouldn't have a particularly pleasant time. 
' Mary. I am going. (Moves up to door. Graff- 
ham stops her.) 

Graffham. One moment, Mary. My case is 
nearly over, and you may be of help to us. There 
is only one alternative, Frobisher. Suppose you 
shirked the idea of banishment to Brazil and you 
decided to stay here and continue the — er — friendship. 
What would happen then ? Instead of coming to 
this house as you do, the decent sound friend of both 
of us, let us imagine that you came here to make love 
to my wife, to cast a spell upon her, to win her heart 
away from me. 



AN OBJECT LESSON. 19 

Mary (coming down to l. of Graffham). No, no, 
don't say any more, Mark. It is horrid. 

Graffham. Let us imagine all this and think 
what follows. 

Mary. No, no. 

Graffham. Well, you succeed, you win her love — 
or something you both call love — and instead of fight- 
ing it down, instead of recoiling at the first suggestion 
of dishonour, slowly you draw closer and closer to- 
gether till your lips meet in a long, long kiss. (Rises 
and moves over to c.) 

(Mary and Frobisher stand spellbound.) 

And so the intrigue begins. (Moves to c.) You can easily 
picture it. The furtive secret meetings— the sordid 
lies — the cheapness — the beastliness of it all. Gradu- 
ally the atmosphere becomes tainted — something is 
wrong — nothing has been discovered — but there is 
a feeling that something is wrong — it is in the air. I 
am irritable, restless. I don't know what to think. 
I trust you, I still trust you both — and yet a cloud, a 
vague suspicion, just a vapour on the glass that 
clears, but returns again and again, till the glass is 
quite, quite clouded. Then, one day I find out I I 
see you — in each other's arms — heart to heart and 
lip to lip ! My God, what would I do ? 

Mary (faintly; breaks down). Stop, stop! I 
cannot bear any more. 

Graffham. What would I do ? Construct the 
situation. The embrace is over, you have fallen 
apart, and here I stand. I have seen and know\ 
What would I do ? What natural activity on my part" 
suggests itself to either of you ? 

(Both are silent for a moment, then Mary speaks faintly.) 

Mary (moving a step forward). Would you kill 
me, Mark ? 

Graffham (very gently). No, my child. I would 



20 AN OBJECT LESSON. 

sorrow for you that a wretched madness should have 
power to tear down the fabric of an affection that has 
grown stronger with the years. There would be 
only grief in my heart for you, Mary. But (turns to 
Frobisher) for the wretched thing that had crept 
into my life to blight and destroy it there would be 
no softness — for the masked hypocrite who had stolen 
into my home to befoul its purity I would have no 
pity, no mercy. All the manhood there is in me 
would rise against him, when I looked into his damn- 
able eyes. His penalty would be swift ; my fingers 
would be about his throat, and my bullet in his heart. 
(Works down r.c.) A couple of seconds and it would 
be all over. Just a step (he moves forward) — a little 
struggle (with a quick movement he forces Frobisher 

on his knees) — and then (Pulls a pipe-case out 

of his pocket and levels it at Frobisher.) 

Mary (wrought up to a hysterical pitch ; rushes over 
to catch his arm). Mark ! Don't ! There has been 
no wrong done. I swear it. It was a moment's 
madness, that was all. I understand now. I love 
you, Mark, and you only. Don't shoot him. 

Graffham. My dear, you have capped the situa- 
tion beautifully. (Slowly takes pipe out of case and 
puts the pipe in his mouth ; drops his grasp on Fro- 
bisher, who rises.) I am sorry if I was rough, Fro- 
bisher, but my imagination is so vivid. I was carried 
away. I'm sure, my dear fellow, you realize that you 
are doing the only thing possible in going to Brazil. 

Frobisher. I think — you're right. I've been 
a Good-bye, Mrs. Graffham. 

Mary. Good-bye. 

Frobisher. Good-bye. 

(Be ready with door slam.) 

Graffham. Good-bye, old man. Let us know 
when your boat sails. We'll come and see you off. 
Anyway, I've got that brief. 



AN OBJECT LESSON. 21 

FRobisher. Oh, I am glad. Good night. (Exit.) 

Graffham. Great chance, isn't it ? 

Mary. Mark ! 

Graffham. My dear, do you know we worked up " 
that little situation very well. I think we have 
missed our vocations. 

Mary. But, Mark, I must tell you that Mr. Fro- 
bisher 

(Graffham puts her hands on his shoulders and looks 
into her eyes.) 

Graffham. My dear Mary, my dear wife 

(Door bang heard off l.) 

Let Frobisher go to 

Curtain. 

Brazil J 



PROPERTY PLOT 

i. Green carpet, to cover stage. 

2. Small table, with decanter of whisky \ 

Syphon of soda. I on salver. 

2 Glasses ) 

Silver cigar box, with cigars. 
Silver cigarette box, with cigarettes. 
Matches and ash-tray. 

3. Small Chippendale settee, with silk-covered cushion, and 

" The Queen." 

4. Chippendale arm-chair (inlaid), velvet seat. 

5. Large winged arm-chair (green plush). 

6. Club fender. Fire alight. 

7. Large table, with blue rose-bowl with roses. 

Three photograph frames. 
Two books. 

8. Bear-skin rug. 

9. Small skin rug. 

10. Writing bureau, with blotter, inkstand, pens, letters, 

etc., and one photograph frame. 

11. Small Chippendale table (three drawers), with glass vas@ 

and flowers. 

12. Louis stool. 

13. Small Chippendale kidney table, with silver box, matches 

and ash-tray. 

14. Single chairs (green leather seats). 

15. Large Chippendale china cabinet, filled with old china 

and two blue vases on top. 

16. Rug, outside door r. 

17. Two photograph frames ) Qn mantle 
Three blue vases ) 

18. Rug, outside door at back. 

19. One pair of tapestry painted canvas curtains with valence, 

20. Telephone bell off l. at back. 

21. Door bang off r. at back, 

(S.) Gilt sconces, 2 electric candles with yellow silk sha des, 
alight (four in all). 

For Graffham : Lawyer's brief, 
Official papers, 
Large pipe, in case, 



a 



LIGHTING PLOT 

Float. — Amber and White mixed, full up. 

No. i Batten. — Amber and White, Sections 2 and 3 full up t 

Lengths. — One small length outside door at back, l.c. 
One small length outside door, down r. 
Four Sconces, alight. 

LIME PLOT 

P.S. Perch. — One Light Amber and Frost in Top Lamp. 

One Medium Amber and Frost in Bottom Lamp. 

O.P. Perch. — One Light Amber and Frost in Top Lamp. 
One Medium Amber and Frost in Bottom 
Lamp. 

Fireplace P.S.— One Dark Amber and One Light Pink and 
Frost. 



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An American Citizen 

Beauty and the Barge 

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Brace of Partridges 

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Captain Swift 

Cassilis Engagement 

Charity that Began at Home 

Country Mouse 

Dr. Wake's Patient 

Duke of Killicrankie 

Facing the Music 

Fascinating Mr. Vanderveldt 

Idler 

Importance of Being Earnest 

In Chancery 

Jedbury Junior 

Jim, the Penman [ment 

Lady Huntworth'B Experi- 

Lady Windermere's Fan 

Liberty Hall 

Little Damozel 

Lucky Miss Dean 

Marriage of Kitty 

Mice and Men 

Miss Elizabeth's Prisoner 

Miss Hobbs 

Mollentrave on Women 

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The Barrier 

Builder of Bridges 

Case of Rebellious Susan 

Dancing Girl 

Fascinating Mr. Vanderveldt 

The Hypocrites 

John Glayde's Honour 

Joseph Entangled 

Liars 



Mr. Hopkinson 

Mr Preedy and the CoUut**4 

Naked Truth 

New Boy 

Niobe 

Oh J Susannah I 

One Summer's Day 

Parvenu 

Passport 

Perfect Lover 

Peter's Mother 

Pilkerton's Peerage 

Private Secretary 

Reti.rn of the Prodigal 

Rocket 

Royal Family 

Second in Command 

Sir Anthony 

Snug Little Kingdom 

Speckled Band 

Squire [Browil 

Strange Adventures of Miss 

Sunlight and Shadow 

Tantalising Tommy 

Two Mr. Wetherbys 

Walker, London 

Walls of Jericho 

When We were Twenty-Ons 

Wilderness 

Wisdom of Folly 

Woodbarrow Farm 

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Mrs. Dane's Defence 
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VOLUME 150 

Rao The DentUt 

tlil Taken for Granted 

8888 Just m Well 

2880 Hogmany 

1640 Pansy [rnents 

8841 A Doctor's Engage- 

tt4t A Duet 

**♦» My Milliner's Bill, li. 

1244 My Aunt from Cali- 
fornia 

K46 His Life for Hen 

t248 The Meeting 

2247 The Umbrella 
Duologue 

1248 The Late Lamented 

2240 Woman Triumphant 

2250 Angelina'* Lover 

VOLUME 161 

2261 Chrysanthemums 

2262 My First Client 
2888 Punctured 
8X54 OKI Pals 

8865 Honeymoon Tragedy 
8266 Commission [man 

2257 Hal, the Highway- 

2258 Dinner tor Two 
2258 Ninth Waltz 

2260 Human Sport 

2261 Collaborators 
2268 Mere Man 
8268 Packing Up 
8264 Paying Quest 
♦£66 'Bnery Brown 

VOLUME 152 

EThe Jilt 
'Op-o'-Me-Thmnb 
A Marriage Has Been 
Arranged 
2268 Carrots [Sturge 

1270 Conversion of Nat 
2271 Clerical Error 
1272 Aubrey Closes the 

8878 Workbox . [Door 
8274 Two on a 'Bus 

8875 Bridget's Blunders 

8876 That Brute Simmons 

8277 Well Matched 

8278 Maker of Men 

8879 Gutter of Time 
Game of Chess 



VOLUME 153 

2281 Mr. Steinmann's 

Corner 

2282 Ella's Apology 
2288 Colour Sergeant 

2284 Helpless Couple 

2285 First Aid to the 

Wounded 

2286 Correct Thing 

2287 Their New Paying 

Guest [ment 

8888 Domestic Entangle- 
8880 Salt of Life 
8800 Time is Money 
8281 Wally and the 

Widow [Smiths 
2202 Deceitful Miss 
8208 Holly Tree Inn 
2204 Up-to-date 
8288 Bit of Old Chelsea 




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2297 Th 

2298 Pri 

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2300 Mil 

2301 Three Blind Mice 

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2302 Privy Council 

2303 Snowed up with • 

Duchess 

2304 Acacia Cottage 

2305 Fabricato 

2306 Compromising 

Martha 

2307 Rest Cure 

2308 Misses Primrose'* 

Deception 

2309 Ejection of Aunt 

Lucinda 

2310 Uncle Dick's Darling 
VOLUME 155 

2311 That Horrid Major 

2312 Bard well v. Pick- 

wick [pales 

2313 House of Nightin- 

2314 Turtle Doves (der 

2315 Superior Miss Pollen- 

2316 His Good Genius 

2317 Martha Play* tin- 

Fairy 

2318 Dumb Cake 

2319 Proposing by Proxy 

2320 Phos! ix 

2321 Boa* wain's Mate 

2322 final Rehearsal 

2323 Two Aunts at a Time 

2324 Nelson Touch 

2325 Convict on the 

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2326 Grey Parrot 

2327 Ghost of Jerry 

Bundler 

2328 Bishop's Candle- 

sticks 

2329 Peacemaker 

2330 Changeling 

2331 Wire Entanglement 

2332 Pride of Regiment 

2333 "1588" 

2334 Man on the Kerb 

2335 O'Dowd 

2336 Impertinence of the 

Creature 

2337 Dramatist at Home 

2338 Martha the Sooth- 

sayer. 

2339 Old Martha, 1«. [1«. 

2340 All Through Martha 
VOLUME 157 

2341 Men who Loved 

Mamie 

2342 Fanny and the Ser- 

vant Problem 

2343 Come Michaelmas 

2344 Teeth of the Gift 

Hon* 

2345 French as he is spoke 

2346 Meringues 

2347 Mother of Three 



VOliUHS 109 

2356 The Visit 

2357 A Well Matched Pair 

2358 For Lack of Evi- 
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2359 Little Mrs. Cummin 

2360 A Tight Corner 

2361 Dear Departed 

2362 Pipere Pay 

2363 Her Vote • • 

2364 The Electric Mao 

2365 At the Golden Goose 

2366 Her Dearest Friend 

2367 Love in a Railway 
Train 

2368 Make Believe 

2369 Pick of Oakham 

2370 Highwayman 

VOLUME 159 

2371 What Would a Gen- 
tleman Do 1 

2372 An Excellent Receipt 

2373 Parents' Progress 

2374 Younger Generation, 
1*. 

2375 Three Blind Mies 
(Law) 

2376 Laughter in Court 

2377 Pot Luck 

2378 Independent Means, 
Is. 

2379 Duchess of Doherly 
Court 

2380 Wiles of the Widow 

2381 The Mobswoman 

2382 An Imaginary Aunt 

2383 Lady Flora's Name- 
sake 

2384 What Charity Covei. 

2385 Patty Packs a Baa 
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2386 The Oak Settle 

2387 Scaring Off of Teddy 
Dawson 

2388 The First Locust 

2389 The Cigarette 
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1*. 

2390 Company for Georpf 

2391 Granny's Juliet 

2392 Hero and Heroine. 

2393 Jack and Jill and 
a Friend. 

2394 The Touch of Truth. 

2395 My Mutual Agree- 
ment. 

2396 Dick's Sister. 

2397 A Storm in a Tea 
Shop. 

2398 The Man in the Stalls 

2399 My Wife 

2400 A Plume of Feathee. 
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